槍花樂隊誕生於1985年的好萊塢,是美國搖滾樂史上繼性手槍以來最受爭議的樂隊,樂隊是由兩支樂隊L.A.GUNS和AXL.ROSE合並而成的,因此雙主唱“槍”和“玫瑰”的完美和音壹直是槍花樂隊的招牌特色。他們的歌曲主要反映了青少年們的無由的憤怒與迷惘的情緒,表達出了壹種不安和性覺醒的意味。他們的音樂主張和樂隊成員的出軌行為自樂隊成立起就成為評論家和搖滾迷們津津樂道的內容,因為對這些搖滾人士而言,他們的生活方式可以說就是他們的音樂內涵的最好闡述。1989年,Guns N' Roses 獲得了首屆 國際搖滾樂大獎的最佳藝人獎。92年就被權威的《滾石》雜誌稱為“全球最佳硬搖滾樂團”。此時,他們已經成了壹支足以與任何老牌搖滾勁旅相抗衡的世界著名搖滾樂隊。然而由於樂隊兩名靈魂人物的矛盾激化,不久之後槍花樂隊宣布解散,樂隊成員各自發展,但都是表現平平,失去了往日的銳氣。雖然在90年代末樂隊重組的大潮中,槍花樂隊也重新復合,但創作力的消失讓期待他們的歌迷大失所望。
槍花樂隊最具影響力的曲目是“DON'T CRY”和“NOVEMBER RAIN”(後面壹首歌因出色的歌詞獲得了美國最佳社會先驅獎),“DON'T CRY”在billboard排行榜上停留將近3年(147)周,創下了搖滾樂的神話.DON'T CRY這首歌中槍花樂隊壹改從前的憤怒激烈,兩名主唱壹滄桑壹哀婉低吟出壹段令蕩氣回腸的柔情曲,而歌曲表達出的無奈和失意正是憤怒的極至阿。不止在歌收尾的地方,在歌起時就有淡淡的的呻吟聲,而且在整首歌裏拖長的音非常之多,通過加長的鳴來表達壹種撕心裂肺的心痛,在MTV版本中,兩位主唱的女友皆因他們的不夠珍惜而傷心離去,甚至香消玉隕,mtv用很長的篇幅來追憶從前的美好時光,悔恨的心痛表達的淋漓盡致。值得註意的是,在結尾的鳴中,主唱AXL.ROSE迎著從窗頂透射進的光塵顫抖雙手,倏的壹支美麗的白鴿振翅而去,或許這鳴中還隱藏著再續前緣的壹種奢望!
Don't cry
Talk to me softly, theres something in your eyes
Dont hang your head in sorrow and please dont cry
I know how you feel inside ive, ive been there before
Somethins changin inside you and dont you know
Dont you cry tonight, I still love you baby, dont you cry tonight
Dont you cry tonight theres a heaven above you baby
And dont you cry tonight
Give me a whisper and give me a sigh
Give me a kiss before you tell me goodbye
Dont you take it so hard now and please dont take it so bad
Ill still be thinkin of you and the times we had, baby
And dont you cry tonight, dont you cry tonight
Dont you cry tonight, theres a heaven above you baby
And dont you cry tonight
And please remember that I never lied
And please remember how I felt inside now honey
You gotta make it your own way but youll be alright now sugar
You'll feel better tomorrow, come the morning light now baby
and dont you cry tonight, and dont you cry tonight
and dont you cry tonight, theres a heaven above you baby
and dont you cry, dont you ever cry, dont you cry tonight
baby maybe someday, dont you cry, dont you ever cry, dont you cry
2.PINK FLOYD:《Wish you were here》
六十年代英國產生了不少經得起歷史考驗的樂隊,而PINK FLOYD樂隊無疑是其中最偉大的壹支,從某種意義上講,它對於搖滾發展的貢獻要大於被尊稱為搖滾鼻祖的BEATLES,Pink Floyd在搖滾領域許多方面的開拓和創新為它投下了耀目的不朽的光輝。1965年,天才青年、21歲的Syd Barrett與另外三名樂手組成了PINK FLOYD樂隊(樂隊名字取自他尊崇的兩名布魯斯歌者的名字Pink Anderson和Floyd Council),他能文能武,寫歌、演唱,吉他彈奏樣樣拿手。樂隊在樂器演奏上的實驗精神,以及Syd Barrett詞作筆鋒犀利、曲式輕松閑雅的創作力很快就讓自己在英國搖滾圈裏享有了較高的地位。1967年後半年,天才的Syd Barrett由於精神崩潰和吸毒問題永遠的離開了樂隊,不久死於糖尿病。喪失了靈魂人物的PINK FLOYD似乎只有奇跡才能拯救。然而就在此時,Royer Waters——貝司手兼主唱,Pink Floyd的具有雄才偉略的新舵手以及新上任不久的吉他手Dave Gilmour構成了Pink Floyd再生之後的創作陣線。PINK FLOYD鳳凰涅磐獲得新生,並且創造了前所未有的更大成就。樂隊延續實驗搖滾風格的新專輯《Dark Side of the Moon》為搖滾史帶來的“概念專輯”的新思想。它在公告牌排行榜冠軍的位置上不可思議的停留了741周。從誕生那天起到現在它壹直都是全世界範圍內流行最廣的搖滾專輯之壹。
然而歌曲《wish you were here》卻不是出自這張專輯,而是出自另外壹張專為獻給離隊已久的樂隊締造者前吉他手Syd Barrett的專輯《wish you were here》。PINK FLOYD的這張專輯和LOU REED&JOHN CALE的那張《德雷拉之歌》(獻給波普藝術大師ANDY WARHOL)是這世界上最悲哀的兩張歌集。以壹種兄弟的真摯來歷數亡人留於腦中的記憶痕跡,沒有歌頌,沒有悲哀,卻有壹場真實的人性在裏面,真實得讓妳眼眶濕潤。旋律輕快的歌可能給人帶來感官的享受,但能夠滲入人的骨髓和靈魂的音樂往往是那些滄桑淒涼的心底之音。願大家都能珍愛目前擁有的壹切,莫等失去時追悔莫及!
Wish you were here
So, so you think you can tell heaven from hell,
Blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? a smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze? cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have you found? the same old fears.
Wish you were here.
3.DEF LEPPARD:《Long long way to go》
DEF LEPPARD是壹支典型的流行重金屬樂隊(樂評語),流暢的旋律和優美的和聲是樂隊的特征之壹。DEF LEPPARD音樂中的優美旋律令樂迷們對重金屬音樂有了新的認識,無數熱血青年受DEF LEPPARD音樂的引領步入重金屬的殿堂,而這壹點也成了壹些評論家和重金屬狂熱者攻擊的目標。我是這樣的觀點:音樂發展到今天,已經漸漸偏離了本性,流派類別之爭非常激烈,搖滾看不起流行,流行當朋克是垃圾,其實大可不必如此。音樂原本就只是壹段供給人欣賞的旋律加節奏的合成體,因此只應該有好音樂和不好音樂之分,而不應該硬性的歸結流派。任何壹支樂隊或歌者都是有其自身特點的,如何分的那麽清楚,有些樂隊甚至是無法化入任何流派的,如Cranberries(卡百利)非常的有個性。因此,我認為,壹支樂隊只要他的音樂動聽入心,那他的音樂就絕對有理由得到尊重。讓流派見鬼去吧,Def Leppard就是Def Leppard 風格。
DEF LEPPARD成立於1977年的冬天,前身ATOMIC MASS(核能聖餐)樂隊,1978年7月18日樂隊第壹次登臺演出是在謝菲爾德的中學韋斯特菲爾德,他們的報酬是壹位老師自掏腰包的5英鎊。1978年DEF LEPPARD在自己創建的公司推出首張同名專輯《DEF LEPPARD》,由於資金原因,這張EP唱片只制作了1000份拷貝,時至今日,這張唱片已成為搖滾迷們渴望已久的藏品。隨後DEF LEPPARD開始走向成功,並成功殺入美國,成為當時唯壹能與邁克爾·傑克遜爭雄的樂隊。
然而壹系列的災難降臨到樂隊身上,吉他手酒精中毒病故,鼓手酗酒被開除,鼓手裏克·艾倫發生交通事故,左臂被齊肩切斷,但艾倫以驚人的毅力和頑強的意誌重返樂隊,利用腳和手的合拍性苦練特地為他定做的電子鼓,並成了樂隊的靈魂人物,艾倫用這種超強毅力和音樂執著大手筆的書寫了真正的搖滾精神。
Long long way to go
You held my hand and then you slipped away
And I may never see your face again
So tell me how do to fill the emptiness inside
Without love, what is life?
And anyone who knew us both can see
We always were the better part of me
I never wanted to be this free
All this pain, does it go away?
Then every time I turn around
And you're nowhere to be found
I know I got a long, long way to go
Before I can say goodbye to you
Oh, I got a long, long way to go
Before I can say goodbye to all I ever knew
To you, to you
From memory, there is no hiding place
Turn on the TV and I see you there
In every crowd there's always someone with your face
Everywhere, trying not to care
Then every time I turn around
And you're nowhere to be found
I know I got a long, long way to go
Before I can say goodbye to you
Oh, I got a long, long way to go
Before I can say goodbye to all I ever knew
To you, I wish you everything
And all the best that life can bring
I only hope you think of me sometimes, oh
And even though I feel the pain
I know that I will love again
The time will come, oh, and i'll move on
I got a long, long way to go
Before I can say goodbye to you
Oh, I got a long, long way to go, got a long way to go
Before I can say goodbye, before I say goodbye
To all I ever knew, to all I ever knew
I got a long, I got a long, long way to go, long way to go
Before I can say, before I say, goodbye to you
Say goodbye, say goodbye
Oh, I got a long, long way to go
Before I can say goodbye to all I ever knew
4.NIRVANA:《Smells like teen spirit》
世界上沒有幾個歌者能象KURT COBAIN那樣在死後得到眾多樂迷們“搖滾之神”般的供奉。
90年代,美國的失業危機重新擡頭,朋克樂在音樂界再度爆炸,西雅圖的Grunge音樂風暴引起了強烈的反響與轟動,KURT COBAIN組建的NIRVANA(涅磐)堪稱GRUNGE的領軍人物。1991九月,專輯"Nevermind"發行,剛推出5周銷量就已達到50萬張,92年1月11日成為美國銷量第壹的唱片,全球的銷量超過壹千萬大關。在商業上取得了巨大的成功。(Nevermind)使Nirvana步向成功,創造了壹個非主流樂隊成為主流的神話,同時也開始了壹場心靈的悲劇。這首《smell like teen spirit》是NIRVANA 專輯"Nevermind"中的代表作品,音樂中扭曲的吉他,沙啞的歌喉,猛然的爆發把Kurt Cobain 內心的狂燥、憤怒、壓抑、扭曲、病態、激烈的矛盾沖突完全顯示了出來,同時也也反映了KURT溫柔、感性、脆弱和恐懼的壹面。在MTV的unpluged演唱會上,Kurt Cobain 更似壹個沈靜、害羞的小女孩,與外部世界的格格不入已經為悲劇的爆發奠定了伏筆。
1994年4月5日,在中國祭拜亡靈的傳統節日,KURT COBAIN在自己的住所用獵槍結束了自己的生命。自殺的原因就如同他在《where did you sleep last night》中那最後壹聲無奈的嘆息壹般,沒有人能夠真正理解,也許神就不應該留在人世之中的吧!KURT COBAIN用行動實踐了他的音樂理想,如鳳凰壹樣涅磐重生,然而留給無數樂迷的卻是無盡的懷念和心痛!!!
Smells like teen spirit
Load up on guns
And bring your friends
It's fun to lose
And to pretend
She's over bored
And self assured
Oh no, I know
A dirty word
Hello, how low?(x bunch of times)
With the lights out it's less dangerous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My libido
Yeah
I'm worse at what I do best
And for this gift I feel blessed
Our little group has always been
And always will until the end
Hello, how low?(x bunch of times)
With the lights out it's less dangerous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My libido
Yeah
And I forget
Just why I taste
Oh yeah, I guess it makes me smile
I found it hard
It was hard to find
Oh well, whatever, nevermind
Hello, how low?(x bunch of times)
With the lights out it's less dangerous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My libido
A denial
A denial...
5.GOO GOO DOLLS:《Iris》
1985年主唱兼吉他手John Rzeznik與玩重金屬樂的表哥Robby Takac找來前鼓手George Tutuska,於美國紐約州水牛城組成了三人搖滾團體Goo Goo Dolls。樂隊在發行前五張專輯的過程中,雖然贏得了壹些好評和人氣,但是樂隊並未樹立自己的音樂個性,因此也未能從眾多的另類搖滾樂隊中脫穎而出,大紅大紫。
但是老天似乎特別偏愛他們,幸逢電影《City Of Angels》邀請他們為其原聲帶寫作歌曲,John Rzeznik所譜寫演唱的《Iris》(希臘文,虹彩)壹曲,不僅為他們贏得1999年第41屆葛萊美音樂獎"年度唱片""最佳流行演唱團體""年度歌曲"等三項大獎提名,將Goo Goo Dolls的樂壇聲望與作品銷售數字提攜至頂端外,《Iris》壹曲的制作人Rob Cavallo更以此獲得"年度最佳制作"大獎。Goo Goo Dolls這才開始在樂壇樹立了自己的地位,也找到了適合自己的POP ROCK(流行搖滾)風格。
《Iris》堪稱流行搖滾音樂作品中十年壹遇的好音樂,音樂起始清脆急促的吉他SOLO,John Rzeznik飽含滄桑的低沈嗓音對世事對愛情滿腹的疑問,而曲至中段突然的高昂爆發似乎疑問已經轉為了真摯的誓言,“即便萬物毀滅,我也只要妳知道我是誰!”旋律的優美和主唱聲線的粗獷形成了鮮明對比,而正因如此,此首音樂脫離了甜膩情歌的範疇,成了百聽不厭的超級經典。由於這首音樂的動聽,各大城市音像店(city of angels)原聲CD俱已脫銷,連它的打口CD都已賣到了破記錄的30元。
這首歌的廣泛受歡迎度,更加應了我的那個觀點,玩過多年重金屬,重搖滾的老將壹旦演繹起配樂純凈旋律完美的柔情作品來,那才是歐美音樂中的極品,堪稱天籟之音!!!
Iris
And I'd give up forever to touch you
Guz I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
Guz sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to see me
Cuz I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah, you'd bleed just to know you're alive
And I don't want the world to see me
Cuz I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And I don't want the world to see me
Cuz I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And I don't want the world to see me
Cuz I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
HEY YOU,WE ALL LOVE THIS,RIGHT?
6.POLICE:《Don't stand so close to me》
警察樂隊是將雷鬼樂與流行搖滾結合得最成功的壹支英國搖滾樂隊。由前“Curved Air"樂隊的鼓手Stewart Copeland和紐卡斯爾爵士樂隊“No Exit”的貝司手:歌手STING於1977年成立的,他們與吉他手Andy Summers和Henry Padovani成為壹個短期4人樂隊,不久,Henry Padovani離開了該樂隊,使之成為3人組合。
1978年初,“警察”與A&M公司簽約,並於4月份報出了單曲《Roxanne》,這首歌首次展現了他們創新性的雷吉節奏的奇特搖滾。直到1年後,該曲進入美國排行榜前40名,才使“警察”在英國榜上起飛。
主唱兼詞曲作者的STING[斯汀]是police樂隊的靈魂(因為他在演出時喜歡穿黃色橫條衫,形象頗似蜜蜂,所以有了sting(刺)這個名字),斯汀才華橫溢,外型英俊,非常的有女歌迷人緣,他曾經有壹段在大學兼職授課的經歷,在課堂上女學生的大膽挑逗經常讓他難以下臺,他為此專門創作了壹首歌《don't stand so close to me》歌詞幽默,曲調非常的隨意、流暢,完美的合音,強烈的節奏,高鼻音的大量運用把起源於牙買加海岸的雷鬼樂自由、極富個性化的音樂特點天衣無縫地融入搖滾樂中,開創了壹個獨特的搖滾音樂風格。
在他們1980-1981年旋風般地獲得成功之後,他們獲得不列顛音樂大獎中的“最佳英國組合”和3項格萊美獎。之後樂隊的成員都開始了各自的計劃,此後,樂隊令人惋惜的正式解體,sting 雖然獲得了更大的個人成功,包括多次格萊美獎,成為歐美樂壇的頂尖天王級歌者,但是音樂中卻喪失了POLICE樂隊的音樂個性魂魄,總是讓人惋惜不已。
Don't stand so close to me
Young teacher the subject
Of schoolgirl fantasy
She wants him so badly
Knows what she wants to be
Inside her there's longing
This girl's an open page
Book marking she's so close now
This girls is half his age
Don't stand
Don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
Don't stand
Don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
Her friends are so jealous
You know how bad girls get
Sometimes it's not so easy
To be the teacher's pet
Temptation, frustration
So bad it makes him cry
Wet bus stop, she's waiting
His car is warm and warm and dry
Don't stand
Don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
Don't stand
Don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
Lose talk in the classroom
To hrt they try and try
Strong words in the staffroom
The accusations fly
It's no use
He sees here
He start to shake he starts to cough
Just like the old man in
That famous book by nabakoy
Don't stand
Don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
Don't stand
Don't stand so
Don't stand so close to me
7.QUEEN 《Bohemian rhapsody》
很少有樂隊能象QUEEN那樣徹底地體現70年代世界搖滾舞臺的豐富多采。QUEEN就象壹個綜藝大廳壹樣,完美將華麗搖滾,前衛搖滾,古典音樂及重金屬熔為壹爐。這個來自英國由迷幻硬搖滾樂隊SMILE演變而來的四人樂隊致力於發掘華麗和誇張(並帶有同性戀傾向)的藝術風格,創造出壹種帶有濃厚歌劇色彩的搖滾樂形式,主唱Freddie Mercury性感而如同唱詩班的嗓音,四人完美的假聲合音,層層鋪墊的鍵盤和絢爛花哨的吉他solo是他們的標誌。
A Night At The Opera(歌劇院之夜)是QUEEN樂隊最為經典的專輯,樂隊為這張專輯的制作耗費了巨大的精力,有報道稱這是搖滾樂史上制作費用最高的壹張專輯。其中著名的單曲也就是推薦的這首Bohemian Rhapsody(波西米亞狂想曲)成了QUEEN的招牌曲目,在酷似歌劇唱詩般的華麗配樂中不斷加入大段的重金屬吉他riff和solo,這正是QUEEN的典型風格。這首單曲在英國排行榜上迅速升到冠軍的位置,並且在這個位置上停留了足有9個星期,並最終打破了英國單曲排行榜上冠軍停留時間最長的記錄。在美國,這首歌和整張專輯也獲得了巨大的成功,進入了排行榜前10位並同時成為白金單曲和白金專輯。甚至在十多年後的1992年,這首Bohemian Rhapsody還在美國單曲排行榜上獲得過數周的亞軍成績。
值得壹提的是,由於主唱Freddie Mercury是壹個徹底的同性戀者,1991年,關於Freddie Mercury身體狀況的謠言也是漫天亂飛,在11月22日,他終於向外界證實,他染上了愛滋病。兩天後,Freddie去世了。Freddie死後,樂隊成員保持了壹段時間的沈寂,三名成員在1994年還是重新聚到壹起***同錄制合成Freddie的遺作,這些歌的主唱部分都是Freddie在病床上錄制完成的。1995年,這張名為Made In Heaven(天堂制造)的專輯得以發行,由於它特殊的紀念意義,這張專輯在全球範圍尤其是歐洲引起了搶購狂潮,毋庸質疑,這已經是QUEEN的最後壹張錄音室作品了。Freddie Mercury雖然是個同性戀者,但這並不妨礙由於對華麗搖滾做出的偉大創新和貢獻而受到世界無數搖滾迷的尊敬。
Bohemian rhapsody
Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go
A little high, little low
Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me
Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Mama, life had just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama, oh
Didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on
As if nothing really matters
Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine
Goodbye everybody - I've got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama, oh - (anyway the wind blows)
I don't want to die
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango
Thunderbolt and lightning - very very frightening me
Gallileo, Gallileo,
Gallileo, Gallileo,
Gallileo Figaro - magnifico
But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me
He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come easy go - will you let me go
Bismillah! No - we will not let you go - let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go - let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go - let me go
Will not let you go - let me go (never)
Never let you go - let me go
Never let me go - oh
No, no, no, no, no, no, no
Oh mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me
for me
for me
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Oh baby
Can't do this to me baby
Just gotta get out
Just gotta get right outta here
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
Nothing really matters
Anyone can see
Nothing really matters
Nothing really matters to me
Anyway the wind blows...
8. R.E.M :《At My Most Beautiful》
包括NIRVANA在內的許多另類樂隊都聲稱他們的音樂啟蒙於R.E.M。R.E.M成立於1980年,他們是在美國的Georgia州的Athens城組建的,樂隊名字是“RAPID EYE MOVEMENT”(快速轉動眼球)的縮寫,指做夢時的壹種生理現象。這支樂隊在英式朋克音樂的嘲諷態度於新浪潮的音樂層面上出發,重新定義了美國搖滾樂中“另類”的定義,從某種意義上講,他們是美國另類搖滾之父。
作為壹支真正起家於地下的樂隊,他們在建團初期就開著大篷車周遊於美國大陸,將自己的音樂理想和精神傳播於鄉村,學校和酒館。許多熱血青年就是受了他們的音樂的感染下才瘋狂的愛上了搖滾樂,而其中的佼佼者甚至成為了大名鼎鼎的樂隊、歌者。將R.E.M的作品說成地下音樂也許會招徠許多喜歡地下音樂黑、重風格的兄弟的反駁,因為R.E.M的銷量壹直非常好,而且音樂初聽起來實在更象民謠搖滾似的軟綿綿的音樂,而與那些普遍暴噪音樂風格的地下樂隊格格不入。但無論如何,R.E.M代表著地下音樂的最高水平,從他們聽似舒緩的旋